Main point of interest and common denominator of the research is the female body, its more or less evident features, reproductive abilities and the interracial or interspecies sexual encounters in which they partake. The goal is to analyze the seven stories of the collection and provide a deeper understanding of Butler’s approach to speculative fiction. As the first African American woman to win multiple of the most prestigious science fiction awards, the Hugo and Nebula Award, and then the MacArthur Fellowship, she is considered a pioneer in a literary genre that, for most of the 20th century, had been primarily in the hands of white men. This dissertation is centered around Octavia Estelle Butler and her short story collection Bloodchild and Other Stories.
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